315 C63 D6 D0 AB 4960 8043 85 D7342 DFC02

Thick as Thieves

Tabitha and Sudo have always been so close.


F598 CC30 6 A11 499 A 8595 F2641 F17126 B

A very slow couple of weeks

This has been one of the slowest months of my life. The more I tried to get done, the more got piled on, the more frantic I got!


I'm really glad you can't smell over Zoom.


8 CB7 F00 D 6 E31 4631 A787 635 BDF7 BDF64

Saturday

Went for a nice walk today. It was pretty cold but it's nice for clearing your head. I miss taking pictures.


I love writing, and I love pens. Any stationery really. But what I really love is a fancy fountain pen.

However, what I write best with is a £1 Bic biro. Absolutely typical.


Finished

Game Boy Camera

That Game Boy Color image was bothering me. We can do better.


D7 A06 D49 41 D8 4904 8 DFE 721 A094746 EB

Phone

Lots of pictures of me on my phone the last couple of weeks. I think I might finally be going insane.


I'd been looking forward to the new Palm Reader record, Sleepless for what seems like ages. They have a great blend of aggression, melody, and emotional intensity that hits a real sweet spot for me, musically. It's quite unusual to get all three in a band. The track, False Thirst, in particular is one of my favourite songs of the year so far.


9187 FD1 F 5431 4 F0 B B485 7 D49 FCCCE02 E

Biting off more than you can chew

We give Sudo toilet roll tubes to carry round. No idea why he likes them so much but he seems to! Someone gave him this today and I think he thought he'd died.


BE54 CA64 57 AF 4 DC5 A78 C 6933 E065 D34 A

Modding Game Boy Color

There's a time and a place for ROMs. With original hardware and software getting more and more expensive, they're the only reasonable option for most people. But part of the fun for me is in messing about with stuff!


CD511 E9 C 48 C2 4 E07 ADF8 8 B4 BEAC7 F76 F

Can't beat the classics

Sea was wild today. And then it rained forever and we watched movies and ate curry and I had caffeine too late and now I'm wide awake at 1am.


On a call today, we were asked to complete a survey afterwards, and give a rating out of 7. Seven. I would like the opportunity to rate that rating scale.


B8 AD9070 06 B3 4 C44 BA00 3 E8260 FC89 B0

Two Weeks

It's a phone dump! Been using the iPhone 12 Pro. Camera's very good actually. Been leaving my SLR at home.


7 BF97419 F53 F 4 CB4 BED9 818 A7 DA13130

Chilli Harvest

Charlotte's been growing chillis. The stupid scotches are taking ages to ripen. They tastes really good though. And made for a heck of a leftovers pizza.


A1 CC4 DF8 730 E 4560 A8 ED DC19 B9 B6701 A

LEGO Technic Tenting

It's become something of an obsession: trying to make my desk cool. I grabbed my monitor and chair from the office about six months too late and now it's such a good space


We signed up for YouTube Premium because the ads are irritating. To be honest, I miss skipping them. Timing that skip click perfectly so you don't see a second more than you need to is really the last act of rebellion I had in my life, and I've paid to remove it. What have I done?!


858 E291 E C3 EB 4 B36 96 DE 07 D05 ED05 A48

Now I want a BMX

We took Tabitha to the pump track at Newhaven skatepark. It's super nice; seems to be very well looked-after. It took her a little while to get going, but then once she got it, she didn't want to leave. I'd love to come back and have a go with a BMX there - it's not a place for a road bike.


I heard someone pronounce "ASCII" "A-S-C 2" instead of "ASKEY" and I think the last time I was this angry was when someone tried to convince us that "GIF" is pronounced "JIF"


Two ideas for annoying things today. Neither will ever be made (by me), but it's fun to think about them occasionally:

As an aside, when you have a child, you realise just how many words you use on a daily basis with no problem, that you cannot clearly define. It's a lot. I look up words quite frequently at the moment.


In software development, the only thing worse than "WHY ISN'T THIS WORKING?!" is "WHY IS THIS WORKING?!"